foist

== English == === Etymology 1 === Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK, US) IPA(key): /fɔɪst/ Rhymes: -ɔɪst ==== Verb ==== foist (third-person singular simple present foists, present participle foisting, simple past and past participle foisted) (transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. (transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick. (transitive) To pass off as genuine or worthy. ===== Synonyms ===== fob off pass off pawn off palm off ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== foist (plural foists) (historical slang) A thief or pickpocket. ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:pickpocket === Etymology 2 === From Old French fuste (“stick, boat”), from Latin fustis (“cudgel”). ==== Noun ==== foist (plural foists) (obsolete) A type of light and fast-sailing ship. Synonyms: fuste, fusta === Etymology 3 === From Old French fust (whence also French fût), from Latin fustis. ==== Noun ==== foist (plural foists) (obsolete) A cask for wine. Fustiness; mustiness. ===== Derived terms ===== foisty === Etymology 4 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Which dialect(s)?”) ==== Adjective ==== foist (not comparable) Pronunciation spelling of first. === References === “foist”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Anagrams === Fotis, tifos